President Obama's Health Plan In 4 Minutes

[Turborama]

Run time: 04:01 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUNCpnRBf9o   Posted on YouTube: September 21, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: September 22, 2009 By DU Member: Turborama Views on DU: 1167

 
The White House has released an edited version of President Obama's health care speech to Congress that outlines his health care plan in four minutes.

[Chulanowa]

1. "Now is the time when we should bring the best ideas of both parties together"

What, is there a third party, one with ideas, that I've never seen?

Joking aside... very good.

[Patchuli]

2. Come on No. 5 Recommendation

and pffhhhttttttttt to who ever unrec'd it! Deal with it!!!

:kick:

[Turborama]

3. I missed the 1st unrec but just saw another one

It's down to 3 now. It must be acting as freeper bait, I bet they didn't even bother to watch it either.

Double pffhhhttttttttt to who ever unrec'd it!

[avaistheone1]

4. Mandatory insurance is not a good idea. There are many people who will not be covered by Obama's

plan, yet who can't afford to buy coverage. Hell if they could afford it they would already have it!

I think mandatory insurance is a big wet kiss to the health insurance industry.

Furthermore, to make a public option effective anyone should be able to buy into it whether you have a plan offered to you by an employer or not. There are plenty of worthless health insurance plans offered by employers, Walmart is a good case in point.

Exchanges and co ops do not work. You read more about that here.
http://pnhp.org/blog/2009/08/17/exchanges-co-ops-and-cop-outs-on-health-care-reform/

[Turborama]

5. In which part of that video does he mention mandatory health insurance?

[Go2Peace]

6. Isn't that just the problem? It is there but conveniently not discussed well

The "compromises" are full hidden traps. I am still waiting for evidence and I could be surprised when something truly decent comes out of Washington on this, but so far I have not seen it.
(I rec'd though, we need all the discussion on this we can have. I still have hope that congress and the President will end up producing something different than what is currently on the table).

[Dawgs]

7. "Exchanges and co ops do not work"

What does that have to do with this video? :shrug:

[shawn703]

8. Go to 1:14 of the video. n/t

[MrObama]

9. I wish you good luck on health care reform

The american people deserve good healthcare.

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

10. What's the part about malpractice reform?

Given that it's a Bush admin idea, I'm guessing it has something to do with protecting doctors and (more importantly) hospitals from liability if patients suffer or die as a result of their mistakes or neglect. That might lower their operating costs, but there's no guarantee that they'd pass the savings on to their patients. Not to mention there'd be less of a reason for them to do right by the people who depend on them, not that any decent human being would need a reason.

Mind you, if Team Obama manage to implement all their other reforms, especially the public option, then there will be less pressure on hospitals to cut their nursing budgets and use ineffective procedures. That would decrease the amount of actual malpractice taking place, and then we can talk about legal reforms.